It is to be regretted that the prose writings of Milton should, in our time, be so little read. As compositions, they deserve the attention of every man who wishes to become acquainted with the full power of the English language. They abound with passages... A Treasury of Table Talk - Página 49de Treasury - 1868 - 128 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| 1827 - 684 páginas
...exertion so different as poetry and prose. It is the remark of a modern critic, that his prose writings abound with passages, compared with which the finest declamations of Burke sink into insignificance. So we think and feel. It is an immortal honor that he advanced far beyond the knowledge or the views... | |
| 1835 - 932 páginas
...— '" Nitor in adversum ; nee me, qui cetera, vinoit Impetus, et rápido contrai ins cvchor orbi." U is to be regretted that the prose writings of Milton should, in our time, IK? so little read. As compositions, they deserve the attention of every man who wishes to become acquainted... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1844 - 692 páginas
...Latin idiom in -the construction of lus senti-пси. ' It is to be regretted,' says a modern critic, 'that the prose writings of Milton should, in our...time, be so little read. As compositions, they deserve tin. attention of every man who wishes to become acquainted with the full power of the English language.... | |
| 1872 - 500 páginas
...sein in Betracht. Nach allen diesen Verben steht immer should, selten der Indicativ. Regret I, 58: It is to be regretted that the prose writings of Milton should, in our time, be so little read. III, 146: We should not then regret (hat there should be so many proofs of the narrowness and selfishness... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1847 - 712 páginas
...Latin idiom in the construction of hi« sentence». ' It is to be regretted,' says a modern critic, tuous men pass mildly away, And whisper to their souls...So let us melt, and make no noise, No tear-floods, »Hh which the finest declamations of Burke sink into insignificance. They are a perfect field of doth... | |
| 1849 - 818 páginas
...colossal dimensions, but for it> matchless and imperishable beauty. ' It is to be regretted, says he, ' that the prose writings of Milton should, in our time,...full power of the English language. They abound with passage, compared with which, the finest declamations of Burke sink into insignificance. They arc a... | |
| 1856 - 666 páginas
...Macauley thus speaks of them : " As compositions they deserve the attention of every man who would become acquainted with the full power of the English...They abound with passages compared with which the most splendid declamations of Burke sink into insignificance. They are a perfect field-cloth of gold... | |
| Arethusa Hall - 1851 - 422 páginas
...to the Council of State, with a salary of £300 per annum. Of his prose writings it has been said, "They abound with passages compared with which the...finest declamations of Burke sink into insignificance." He wrote against the established church, and was stern and inflexible in principle, in regard to both... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1852 - 764 páginas
...fertility, " Nitor in adversum ; nee me, qui cartera, vincit Impeluf , et rápido contrarius cvehor orbi." abington lime, be so little read. As compositions, they deserve the attention of every man who wishes to become... | |
| James Pycroft - 1854 - 360 páginas
...Milton's prose works are so little read, and says they deserve the attention of every man who would become acquainted with the full power of the English language. " They abound with passages superior to the finest declamations of Burke —a perfect field of cloth of gold. The style is stiff... | |
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